Palestinian president says he is in good health after tests
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he has undergone medical tests while in the United States and that he is in good health.
Speaking on Palestine...
Russia, Iran should stop Syrian government violations, Turkey says
Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Friday that Syrian government air strikes in eastern Ghouta were unacceptable, and called on Russia and Iran...
Germany says Turkey releases another German citizen from prison
Germany said on Friday another of its citizens has been released from jail in Turkey, a week after German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yucel was freed...
Israeli army says tear gas, not beating, killed Palestinian
The Israel military says an initial inquiry suggests that a Palestinian whose beating by soldiers was caught on video may have died from tear...
Iran grounds airline’s ATR planes after crash
Iran's civil aviation organisation has grounded ATR planes belonging to Aseman Airlines after one of them crashed this week with 66 people on board,...
Cyprus: Turkish warships stopped rig, ‘threatened force’
Turkish warships "threatened to use force" to stop a renewed attempt by a rig to reach an area off Cyprus where Italian company...
Turkish court rules 3 academics committed terror propaganda
Turkey's official news agency says a court has ruled that three academics who signed a peace petition committed terror propaganda but deferred a final...
Iran TV airs images of site of airplane crash that killed 65
Iranian search-and-rescue teams on Tuesday offered the first images of the site of an airplane crash in southern Iran that killed 65 people, with...
Lebanese president makes landmark visit to Iraq
President Michel Aoun led a delegation Tuesday to Iraq on the first visit by a Lebanese head of state to the war-scarred country, for...
Qatar and Chad restore diplomatic relations
Qatar and Chad are to restore diplomatic relations, severed in August soon after the start of a Saudi-led boycott of the emirate, Doha's foreign...
